Local News For Kent

Below is the latest news for Kent directly updated from the BBC Kent website. Please click on a link below to view the full news story.

Portugal extradition bid dropped - 18/05/2012 An extradition request for a Kent man wanted in Portugal for a crime he was cleared of in 1995 is dropped.

Colonel pulls out of police race - 18/05/2012 Col Tim Collins withdraws from the contest to become Kent's first elected police and crime commissioner.

Dover plans torch relay stageshow - 18/05/2012 Tickets for an event to celebrate the arrival of the Olympic torch relay in Dover in July are to be made available by ballot.

Photograph of Dickens' wife sold - 18/05/2012 An early photograph of Catherine, the wife of Charles Dickens, discovered in a Canterbury shop, is sold at auction for ?8,750.

Man admits rhinoceros head theft - 18/05/2012 A burglar admits his involvement in stealing a rhinoceros head from Haslemere Educational Museum in Surrey.